Focusing on the environment -- we need action now.

The ocean series

Wonder Water Image paintings #1, #2, #3

Acrylic on canvas

Barbara Muir © 2014 

Water Image paintings #2, #3, #1

Acrylic on canvas

Barbara Muir © 2010 Each painting is 30 x 30 inches

My portrait focus started to include the ocean and the environment in

2010.  I knew we had to save the ocean, and wanted to make a room of

people in front of their favourite ocean scenes, that could link together

horizontally by a band of colour representing the sand in the various

locations.

Today people from all over

greater Toronto and beyond

came out to make their presence matter. 

Current estimates put the crowd at 30,000/

The march begins.

Protesters worried about

climate change start their march.

So today joining the Climate Strike March at Queen's Park felt like the

least I could do.  I feel so powerfully for the young people who are

so worried about the future of the planet.  And I am proud of them

for working on waking up the rest of the population.  I fervently 

hope it works.  

Thank you to Faye and Eric Jordan who helped me navigate both

the subway and the crowds.  My knee chose this morning to act

up and hurt like hell.  But my husband, Steven urged me to go

and witness this amazing event, and I'm glad I was there.  I didn't do

the full march, but I did what I could do.

We were urged to ask our supporters (you out there) to sign on
to Freegrassy: Grassy Narrows Solidarity on Facebook to urge
the government to fund special healthcare facilities for
the people of Grassy Narrows who were exposed to lethal
levels of mercury poisoning and have not recovered.  That was
one of many topics for the day.

Have a caring about the environment day.